Course Challenge Series 2008

Tournament results Individual Averages & Ratings

 

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2008 Course Challenge Schedule

2007 CCS Winners (clockwise from top left) - Mike Day, David Cox, Jeff Eades, Keith Dailey, Joe Javins, Rod Angel, Liz Shooner, and Rebecca Cox.

Thanks to Russ Toelke, Bob Herbert, Dan Bayless (2x), Jeff Eades (2x), John Kuhns, Alan Clore (2x), Zac Nash, Paul Dumont, Liz Ransdell, Rob Johnston (2x), and Fred Salaz (2x) for TDing. Also thanks to Course Challenge Co-ordinator, Nick Engle

Cost: Each individual tournament costs $20 for the Open Division, $10 for Masters, Grandmasters, Open Women, Advanced, Advanced Masters, and $5 for all other divisions.  There is a $2 non-member fee for all non-GCFDA members (Novice Men & Am Women are exempt from the non-member fee), and a $5 late fee for sign-ups after 9:30am.  There is also an optional $2 ace fund. If no aces are hit that day, a CTP will be run for half the fund and the other half will be carried over to the next tournament.

Time: Sign-up deadline 9:30am, player's meeting 9:45am, projected tee-off at 10:00am.  The tournaments consist of two rounds with approximately one hour for lunch in between rounds.

Divisions: There are varying divisions for individual skill levels, including Open Men, Open Women, Open Masters (40+), Grandmasters, Advanced Men, Advanced Women, and Novice.

Prizes: Prizes and cash are awarded based on pre-made chart.  Open, Pro Master, Grandmaster, and Pro Women, Advanced and Advanced Masters, and AM Women and Novice are each a little different. The Open payout is higher this year. The new numbers are based on expected returns from fundraising activities.

Points: The course challenge standings are based on a player's finishes in the course challenges throughout the calendar year.  Started in 2000, player's points are based upon the place that they finished in their division.  For example, 1st place gets one point, fifth get five, tenth gets ten, etc.  Players that did not play in a particular course challenge are awarded points equal to the maximum turnout of players in their division plus one over all course challenges in a year. This weights all tournaments the same No one is penalized more for missing one tournament over another.  For example, In Advanced 24 people play Mt Airy, 10 play Pride, someone who misses Mt Airy gets 25 points, someone who misses Pride gets 25 points (2003). The two worst point totals of the year (out of the nine course challenges) are dropped from the total points for every player.  The other course challenge points are tallied together to form a total score.  The player with the lowest total score is the course challenge series champion in that division.  (The system is roughly based on the cross country point system).

Courses: A particular course is played only once per year.  Approximately 10 different courses are included in the series.  Those courses not played either cannot support an average field (9 hole course) or experience a large amount of traffic.

Other: Although the course challenge series is open to anyone, a minimum age has been set of 12 years.  Through much discussion and trial, it was agreed this was necessary to ensure speed of play and minimize distractions to other players.